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The Sounds in My Head

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26 episodes
Language
English
Publisher
Daniel
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No
Date created
2007/07/08
Latest episode
2026/10/26
Average duration
53 min.
Release period
103 days

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The Sounds in My Head is a biweekly music show featuring songs and bands you might have missed. Hosted by Daniel since 2004. Musically The Sounds in My Head attempts to be fairly eclectic, but probably tends to lean towards "indie pop" music. Also, I try to squeeze in as much left-wing propaganda as possible between tracks.

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S23,E14: 10/26/26 (After Louise, Hannah Lew, JW Francis, Andy Shauf, Takeshi's Cashew, Gently Tender, This Is Lorelei)
2026/10/26
Season 23 Episode 14 Sometimes I Get Emotional - After Louise Sunday - Hannah Lew The Clock - Hannah Lew Watery Road - JW Francis Radio Tower - JW Francis Angela the Traveller - Andy Shauf Badaouiah - Takeshi's Cashew Serpentines (to Nikšić) - Takeshi's Cashew This Was Once Fields - Gently Tender Everything Will be Fine by Now - Gently Tender Billy Came Back - This Is Lorelei This episode contains a clip from The Onion News Network panel discussion about whether or not Pete Hegseth's Bold Pledge To 'Kill Everyone' By 2028 Another Trump Admin Lie or not.
S23,E13: 10/05/26 (Chinese American Bear, Hollow Hand, Glom, Hachiku, Snocaps, Red Sleeping Beauty and Cristina Quesada, The Chills)
2026/10/05
Season 23 Episode 13 Dance Dance Dance (跳舞跳舞跳舞) - Chinese American Bear Black Metal Corpse Paint - Hollow Hand Here are the Tulips - Hollow Hand Mirror - Glom Window - Glom Tell Your Friends You Love Them - Hachiku Room for Everybody (Never Let Go of the Joy) (feat. Mary Lattimore) - Hachiku Cherry Hard Candy - Snocaps Brand New City - Snocaps No Es Amor - Red Sleeping Beauty & Cristina Quesada Había Olvidado - Red Sleeping Beauty & Cristina Quesada Pink Frost - The Chills This episode contains a clip from the audio version of the fantastic profile of Mark Zuckerberg by Jeremy Stern for colossus.com. Highly recommend the whole, very long thing.
S23,E12: 09/14/26 (ROADTRIP! Ladybug Transistor, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Paul Mary, Jimmie Rodgers, Muppets, Sesame Street, Jolie Môme, Whitney, Glen Campbell, Magnetic Fields, Zack Keim, City Gates, Bobby Bare, Shins, Ween, Dead Milkmen, Sunset, Lun
2026/09/14
Season 23 Episode 12 SPECIAL "NORTHEAST ROAD TRIP PLAYLIST" EPISODE! Massachusetts (Today Knows B-Side) - The Ladybug Transistor Holiday Road (2015 Remaster) - Lindsey Buckingham Car-Car - Peter, Paul, and Mary Four Little Girls in the Town of Boston - Jimmie Rodgers New York State of Mind - The Muppets The People in Your Neighborhood - Sesame Street's Bob & Sesame Street Anything Muppets Legoland - Jolie Môme Take Me Home, Country Roads - Whitney feat. Waxahatchee Y'all Come (Live 1975) - Glen Campbell Washington, D.C. - The Magnetic Fields Washington DC - Zack Keim Capitol Hill - The City Gates The Streets of Baltimore - Bobby Bare Strange Powers - The Shins Freedom of '76 (2024 Remastered) - Ween Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen Fishtown - Sunset New Haven Comet - Luna Dancin' 'Cross the USA - Lindsey Buckingham This episode contains a clip from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, where Bill looks back at 9/11 25 years later.
S20,E18: 11/20/23 (ALL WOMEN! Hazel English, Genevva, Jade Imagine, En Attendant Ana, Nellie Mckay, Crumb & Melody's Echo Chamber, White Poppy, Hatchie)
2023/11/20
SPECIAL "ALL WOMEN" EPISODE! There She Goes - Hazel English Fast Lane - Genevva Crazy Horse - Genevva Instinct That I Wanna Know - Jade Imagine Back and Forth - Jade Imagine Principia - En Attendant Ana The Cut Off - En Attendant Ana The Drinking Song - Nellie Mckay Make a Wish - Nellie Mckay Le Temple Volant - Crumb & Melody's Echo Chamber Apathy - White Poppy Happy - White Poppy Til We Run Out of Air - Hatchie This episode features a clip of Julia Steinberg's testimony in front of Congress on November 9, where she talks about the rise of antisemitism on college campuses and its modern roots in the conflict theory of the oppressor vs. oppressed.
S20,E10: 07/31/23 (Phantom Youth, Beach Fossils, Dayaway, Juan Wauters, TV Girl, Jeanines, Free Cake for Every Creature, Voxtrot)
2023/07/31
Season 20 Episode 10 Life Waits for Nothing - Phantom Youth Don't Fade Away - Beach Fossils Tough Love - Beach Fossils I Wish - Dayaway A Brief Dream of Sun - Dayaway Milanesa al Pan - Juan Wauters feat. Zoe Gotusso Modus Operandi - Juan Wauters feat. Frankie Cosmos Big Black Void - TV Girl All the Way Through - TV Girl Shame - TV Girl What the Echoes Say - Jeanines Tilt in Your Eye - Jeanines Riding Into the Sunset in a Busted Car - Free Cake for Every Creature In Your Car - Free Cake for Every Creature Trepanation Party - Voxtrot This episode features an edited-down "41 Lessons from My 41 Years" list presented by Nate B. Jones on TikTok. It was too long to include the whole thing, but I really don't disagree with any of his list. This kinda thing easily veers too far into trite, but there can be a lot of truth in well-composed bumper stickers, and I think Nate hits them all well.
S20,E09: 07/17/23 (Ham Sandwich, Steady Holiday, Coma Culture, Group Rhoda, Kanot, Nimrawd, Hand Habits)
2023/07/17
Season 20 Episode 9 Good Friday - Ham Sandwich Newfound Oxygen - Steady Holiday The Balance - Steady Holiday Coma Culture - Coma Culture Bad Habits - Coma Culture Virtual Dancer - Group Rhoda Din För Evigt - Kanot Bottenmannen - Kanot Dee Dee - Nimrawd Quicksilver (single version) - Nimrawd Aquamarine - Hand Habits This episode features a clip of a CNN Town Hall where former NJ governor and Trump lackey Chris Christie recounts how Trump gave him COVID, which very nearly killed him, then lied about it, naturally.
S20,E08: 07/03/23 (Dayaway, Sylvie, Nicky Hopkins, Joanna Sternberg, Arthur Russell, Dur-Dur Band, Courrier Sud, Los Bitchos)
2023/07/03
Season 20 Episode 8 Hot Blue Summer - Dayaway Shooting Star - Sylvie Further Down the Road (Maston Remix) - Sylvie Waiting for the Band - Nicky Hopkins You Have Something Special - Joanna Sternberg This Is Not Who I Want To Be - Joanna Sternberg I Never Get Lonesome - Arthur Russell Iowa Dream - Arthur Russell Wan Ka Helaa - Dur-Dur Band Int. Riyo - Dur-Dur Band Int. Love Missive - Courrier Sud Fool Moon - Courrier Sud Trapdoor - Los Bitchos This episode features a clip from a recent episode of Sam Harris' podcast Making Sense, where he talks about the incomprehensible waste of collective attention the human race has wasted on about the least important human to ever be born. I didn't include much of it, when he gets into a media analysis and so on, but I'm 100% with him on all of it.
S20,E07: 06/19/23 (SOUNDTRACKS! Johnny Duncan, Chas McDevitt, Pellea, Gene Ski, Jackson C. Frank, John Denver, Art Garfunkel, Myie, Hannah Peel, Aimee Mann, The Lijadu Sisters, Young Bakuba Band, Lizzy Caplan)
2023/06/19
Season 20 Episode 7: Special "Music from Soundtracks" Episode!   Asteroid City 1. Last Train to San Fernando - Johnny Duncan 2. Freight Train - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group Poker Face 3. Charlie's Theme - Pellea 4. Six Foot Down - Gene Ski 5. Blues Run the Game - Jackson C. Frank John Denver: Country Boy 6. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver The Worst Person in the World 7. Waters of March - Art Garfunkel One More Time 8. Yours to Keep (acoustic version) - Myie Rogue Agent 9. Just Like Heaven - Hannah Peel Cold Feet 10. Just Like Honey - Hannah Peel Fleishman is in Trouble 11. Wise Up - Aimee Mann Little America 12. Come On Home - The Lijadu Sisters Lord of War 13. Mama Africa - Young Bakuba Band Masters of Sex 14. You Don't Know Me - Lizzy Caplan   This episode features a clip from NPR's Fresh Air where film critic Justin Chang reviews Asteroid City, and also a brief clip where Taffy Nivert talks about the origin of Take Me Home, Country Roads from John Denver: Country Boy.
S20,E04: 05/08/23 (FRENCH! Cléa Vincent, Jarvis Cocker, Juniore, Kumisolo, We are Enfant Terrible, Lisa LeBlanc, Dumas, Richard Anthony, Freedom Fry, Louïse Papier, Holden)
2023/05/08
Season 20 Episode 4 - SPECIAL "MUSIC IN FRENCH!" EPISODE! Soulevant - Cléa Vincent Contact - Jarvis Cocker Le cannibale - Juniore Je me suis fait tout petit - Juniore B1 - Ce soir - Kumisolo Kabuki femme fatale - Kumisolo La Femme aux Faux Cils - We are Enfant Terrible La poudre aux yeux - Lisa LeBlanc Tite gêne - Lisa LeBlanc Apprenti - Dumas Fille Sauvage - Richard Anthony Bohemian Rhapsody - French - Freedom Fry Les idées roses - Louïse Papier Sur le pavé - Holden This episode features a clip from Jim Gaffigan's album Quality Time about eating French Cheese, as well as a very old Louis CK bit about being approached in NYC by a French guy who needs directions. Light, but relatively topical fare for this episode. heh.
S20,E03: 04/24/23 (Jacob King, Maxwell Farrington and Le SuperHomard, Ladybug Transistor, Tiny Microphone feat. Gary Olson, Lord Huron, Zach Schimpf, Jacklen Ro, Homephone)
2023/04/24
Season 20 Episode 3 Organic Tea - Jacob King We, Us the Pharaohs - Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard I Had It All - Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard Always on the Telephone - The Ladybug Transistor Stranger - Tiny Microphone feat. Gary Olson Mine Forever - Lord Huron At Sea - Lord Huron Blameless - Zach Schimpf Mind Like a Sitting Duck - Zach Schimpf Time Bomb - Jacklen Ro Side by Side - Jacklen Ro More Than Chemical - Homephone This episode features a brief clip from FOX's The Family Guy which made me LOL, and a TikTok by @philjamesson about his incredibly successful social media empire.
S20,E02: 04/10/23 (Celler Dwellers, Marina Allen, Tokyo Tea Room, Fruit Junior, Samia, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Smaller Hearts, Sessa)
2023/04/10
Season 20 Episode 2 Apologizing - Celler Dwellers Or Else - Marina Allen Superreality - Marina Allen If You Love Her - Tokyo Tea Room Feel Your Heart - Tokyo Tea Room Poor Devil - Fruit Junior Saddle Up -Fruit Junior The Promise (feat. Jelani Aryeh) - Samia As You Are - Samia Edge of the Edge - Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Everything's Been Leading To This - Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Sleeper Agent - Smaller Hearts Vento a Favor - Sessa This episode features a clip from the new podcast The Urbanist Agenda from Jason of the great Not Just Bikes. His co-host for the inaugural episode was Adam Something who shows off his pitch-perfect Slavoj Žižek impression as they talk about living in human-friendly cities.
S20,E01: 03/27/23 (Morrissey, Roller Derby, Phantom Youth, Holy Now, Freeds, Chevy and Park Bird, The Association and The Courettes)
2023/03/27
Season 20 Episode 1 Rebels Without Applause - Morrissey Always on My Mind - Roller Derby Friday I'm in Love - Roller Derby Afterworld - Phantom Youth Dear October - Phantom Youth Places - Holy Now Silk - Holy Now Nerves - Freeds Fuzzy - Freeds If I Could Ride a Bike - Chevy & Park Bird Never My Love - The Association and The Courettes This episode features a clip from Marc Maron's latest HBO comedy special, From Bleak to Dark, where he outlines a strategy to win over Christians by rebranding abortion clinics as "angel factories". It may be a joke, but I think the plan could be just crazy enough to work. Mental note: From now on, always refer to Planned Parenthood and their ilk as angel factories.
S19,E23: 12/19/22 (RL, Rubblebucket, Frankie Cosmos, Dana Gavanski, Le Femme, Petite, League, Alvvays, Bonny Doon)
2022/12/19
SEASON 19 FINALE! Be True - RL Cherry Blossom - Rubblebucket Earth Worship - Rubblebucket Empty Head - Frankie Cosmos Aftershook - Frankie Cosmos Strangers - Dana Gavanski Sacatela - La Femme No pasa nada - La Femme Dyslexic Poetry - Petite League Pantone Karaoke - Petite League Belinda Says - Alvvays Very Online Guy - Alvvays San Francisco - Bonny Doon This episode features a clip from the podcast The War On Cars where guest, prominent sex columnist Dan Savage, talks about how terrible cars are, and how livable streets activists can win people over to our side. It was a fun interview, and while I've always enjoyed his media appearances, but prior to this interview I never knew he was a kindred spirit with regard to this topic.
S19,E22: 12/05/22 (XMAS! Shugo Tokumaru, John Festival, Twitchels, Housewife, Daniel Zott, Laufey, Dodie, Ballboy, Ali Sperry, Kristin Weber, Ginger Root, Rope Store, Feet, Frights, Freedom Fry, Evripidis 'n Tragedies, April June, Sjowgren, Shacks)
2022/12/05
SPECIAL "CHRISTMAS MUSIC 2022" EPISODE! Kemonomichi no Uta (alt ver.) - Shugo Tokumaru & John John Festival Ode to Just Like Christmas - Twitchels Just Like Christmas - Housewife When the River Meets the Sea - Daniel Zott Love to Keep Me Warm - Laufey & Dodie Merry Christmas to the Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers - Ballboy He's the One - Ali Sperry and Kristin Weber Santa Claus - Brenda Lee Linus n' Lucy - Ginger Root Never Had Christmas - Rope Store Vegetarian Christmas - Feet Christmas Everyday - The Frights Christmas (All Over the World Tonight) - Freedom Fry Christmas in Clifton House - Evripidis and his Tragedies Xmas Break - April June This Year for Christmas - Sjowgren Christmas Time is Here - The Shacks This episode features a bulletin from Sveriges Radio's daily English language news podcast about how shop workers in Sweden's largest trade union think Christmas music poses a health and safety risk. MY APOLOGIES if this episode is triggering for any listeners.
S19,E21: 11/21/22 (The Go! Team feat Star Feminine Band, Broken Bells, Babe Rainbow, Danz CM, Busman's Holiday, Sam Valdez, Vacant Lots, Sleep Party People)
2022/11/21
Look Away, Look Away - The Go! Team feat. The Star Feminine Band Saturdays - Broken Bells We're Not In Orbit Yet… - Broken Bells Smash the Machine - The Babe Rainbow Mediterranean - The Babe Rainbow Fast Cars - Danz CM Love Is Perfect Kindness - Busman's Holiday Hey Margarita - Busman's Holiday Charlie - Sam Valdez Your Party - Crush EP Disintegration - The Vacant Lots Red Desert - The Vacant Lots It Won't Be Cinematic - Sleep Party People This episode features a clip from a terrific interview with Yuval Noah Harari on by Sean Illing on his Vox podcast The Grey Area. After Ezra Klein went to the NYT Vox slowly auditioned other people to fill the gap, renaming The Ezra Klein Show first to The Conversation with different hosts, of which Sean was by far and away the best, and they eventually gave him the feed and renamed it The Grey Area. I just never unsubscribed. Ezra is awesome, but I like the NYT incarnation of his show less than the old version, and I think The Grey Area is usually more interesting than EKS these days.

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4.7 out of 5
165 reviews
★★★★★
ajoydidit 2025/09/21
First Pick!
The Sounds in My Head is consistently the first priority music podcast I and my husband listen to. I’ve been listening since season 3 and can’t imagin...
★★★★★
🧞‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧛 2025/07/23
Consistently Exceptional
More than just fabulously, curated music, Daniel’s affinity towards liberal justice also highlights people and ideas you may have missed by selecting ...
★★★★★
jules4696 2023/07/21
A huge thank you!!!
Daniel, I listen to your shows on the way to work and it makes my days better. Thank you for playing all of this wonderful music. Thank you for seekin...
★★★★★
Jenn Jay 2021/10/21
Best podcast!
Absolutely THE best. Stellar collection of rare music gems, mostly indie, glow-fi, alternative with internationally diverse range of artists, expertly...
★★★★★
mElodyEm 2021/05/18
A gem of a podcast
Love this podcast! I look forward to every new episode. Thank you Daniel for continuing to do this, and for all the music you share.
★★★★★
Co1onelNoodle 2021/02/25
So Thankful For This Podcast!
I am so happy this podcast has returned for another season! Such a great selection of Indiepop-and-related music. I have listened for many years and...
★★★★★
ThorOakland 2020/10/21
Boy Howdy
Dag good stuff, been listening for Many Many years!
★★★★★
LarroOlives 2020/07/27
So good!
Such a great gem of a podcast, an amazing guy with a passion for music that reminds me of John Peel. Thanks for making this.
★★★★★
YouLoveKebab 2020/07/07
Man. Dope!
All songs are good
★★★★★
bran.the.flin 2020/02/05
New Listener. First Review. Ever.
I recently came across this amazing weekly curation of lovely music and society threads while searching for my favorite tunesmiths in podcast form. Wh...
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